Hello all my first post, I have just changed out our bathroom faucet and all went well apart from the old pipes underneath I was not going to touch these but one split. They were metal and corroded however the rest of the drain etc was pvc 1 1/4". I went and bought some new pvc, a p trap and extension arm as the new faucet drain is not as long as our old one.
The part thats leaking is the straight arm with the sharp turn at the end and gos from the waste pipe to the shorter end of the p trap. Unlike the rest of the pipes it had a kind of arrow head on the end preventing me from putting on a gasket (it seemed to get in the way when tightening down) this is the only place its leaking and the only joint without one of those plastic gaskets on.
My question is if there is meant to be a gasket how does it fit on? and instead can I use some pipe paste which contains silicone on the threads instead? I have pvc cement but want to see if there is an alternative before I start glueing stuff, thanks in advance Nick
The part thats leaking is the straight arm with the sharp turn at the end and gos from the waste pipe to the shorter end of the p trap. Unlike the rest of the pipes it had a kind of arrow head on the end preventing me from putting on a gasket (it seemed to get in the way when tightening down) this is the only place its leaking and the only joint without one of those plastic gaskets on.
My question is if there is meant to be a gasket how does it fit on? and instead can I use some pipe paste which contains silicone on the threads instead? I have pvc cement but want to see if there is an alternative before I start glueing stuff, thanks in advance Nick
